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FERDINAND BERTHOUD (1727-1807)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 812 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FERDINAND See also:BERTHOUD (1727-1807)  , Swiss chronometer-maker, was See also:born at Plancemont, See also:Neuchatel, in 1727, and settling in See also:Paris in 1745 gained a See also:great reputation for the excellence and accuracy of his chronometers . He was a member of the See also:Institute and a See also:fellow of the Royal Society of See also:London, and among other See also:works wrote Essais sur l'horlogerie (1763) . He died in 1807 at See also:Montmorency, See also:Seine et See also:Oise . He was succeeded in business by his See also:nephew, See also:Louis See also:Berthoud (1759-1813) .

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